Elden Kingston

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Elden Kingston

Elden Kingston c. 1940

Prophet and Presiding Priesthood Leader
Brother #1^[1]

January 1, 1935^[1] – July 8, 1948

Successor

John Ortell Kingston

Personal details

Born

Charles Elden Kingston
October 10, 1909
Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States^[2]

Died

July 8, 1948 (aged 38)
Bountiful, Utah, United States^[2]

Cause of death

Metastatic carcinoma

Resting place

Bountiful Memorial Park
40°52′02″N 111°53′15″W / 40.8672°N 111.8874°W

Spouse

Incuding:
Ethel Gustafson

Parents

Charles W. Kingston
Vesta Minerva

Charles Elden Kingston (October 10, 1909 - July 8, 1948^[2] ) was the founder of The Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society.

Elden Kingston was supported by his father Charles W. Kingston, his mother Vesta Minerva Kingston, and his siblings as the leader of the Latter Day Church of Christ. In 1941 Elden Kingston formally organized Latter Day Church of Christ as the Davis County Cooperative Society.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Death Certificate:Kingston, Charles Elden". Utah Department of Administrative Servies: Divion of Archives & Records Service. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

Elden Kingston at Find a Grave
D. Michael Quinn, "Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31(2) (Summer 1998): 1–68, accessed 6 June 2009.
Hales, Brian C. (2007), Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto, Greg Kofford Books, ISBN 1-58958-035-4 .

Latter Day Church of Christ titles
Preceded by J. Leslie Broadbent as Senior Member of the Priesthood Council	Prophet and Presiding Priesthood Leader Brother #1 January 1, 1935 - July 8, 1948	Succeeded by John Ortell Kingston

Leaders in the Mormon fundamentalist movement

Recognized leaders^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Joseph Smith, Jr.
Brigham Young
John Taylor

Disputed leaders^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Early fundamentalist leaders

Leaders of the fundamentalist sects

The Apostolic United Brethren

The FLDS Church

Leroy S. Johnson Rulon Jeffs Warren Jeffs

Lyle Jeffs Merril Jessop William E. Jessop (one-time de facto leader) Wendell Nielsen (one-time legal head) James Oler

The Centennial Park group

J. Marion Hammon
Alma A. Timpson
John W. Timpson

The Latter Day Church of Christ

The LeBaron Sects

Independents and other leaders

Winston Blackmore
John W. Bryant
Robert C. Crossfield
Terrill R. Dalton
Tom Green
James D. Harmston
Alex Joseph
Frank Naylor
Gerald Peterson, Sr.
Gerald Peterson, Jr.

↑ [a] Mormon leaders prior to the start of the fundamentalist movement and recognized by most fundamentalists as legitimate church leaders.
↑ [b] Mormon leaders that made changes to church policies on plural marriage; recognition of legitimacy of leadership varies by fundamentalist group.

Persondata
Name	Kingston, Charles Elden
Alternative names
Short description	The founder of The Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society.
Date of birth	October 10, 1909
Place of birth	United States
Date of death	1947
Place of death	United States

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